Bicycle-saddle



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(No Model.)

J. A. HUNT. BICYCLE SADDLE.

No. 594,876. Patent-ed 1190.7, 1897.

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I (No Model.)

J.A.HUNT. BICYCLE SADDLE.

No. 594,876. Patented Dec. 7, 1897..

(No Model.)

[3 Sheets-Sheet 3 J. .A'. HUNT. BICYCLE SADDLE.

Patented Dee 7,189?

UNITED STATES PATENT union.

JONATHAN A. HUNT, OF WESTBOROUGH, MASSACHUSETTS.

BICYCLE- SADDLE.

SPEGIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 594,876, dated December 7, 1897.

Application filed August '7, 1896- To all whom zit may concern:

Be it known that I, JONATHAN A. HUNT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Westborough, in the county of Worcester and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bicycle-Saddles, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to saddles for bicycles, &c.; and the object of my invention is to provide an improved saddle in which the rear portion of the saddle is made of longitudinal strips of leather or lacing which do not extend to the pommel end of the saddle and in which the pommel end of the saddle is made of a band or strip bent at its middle portion to form two rearwardly-extending arms, which are connected with the laced portion of the saddle and in which a covering or cushion-surface covers and protects the pommel end of the saddle in connection with a covering or top preferably used over the laced portion of the saddle.

My invention consists in certain novelfeatures of construction of my saddle for bicycles, as will be hereinafter fully described.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a' plan view of a saddle embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is a side view looking in the direction of 'arrow a, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 corresponds to Fig. 1, but shows the saddle with the cover or top and the cushion-surface at the pommel end of the saddle removed. Fig. 4 corresponds to Fig. 2, but the cover or top and cushion-surface at thepommel end of the saddle are shown in section through the central portion at a point indicated by line 4.- 4, Fig. 1. Fig. .5 is a cross-section on line 5 5, 3, looking in the direction of arrow 17,

same figure. The strips or lacing are not shown. Fig. 6 is a section on line 6 6, Fig. 3, looking in the direction of arrow 0, same figure. Fig. 7 shows a modifiedconstruction of the saddle shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 8 is a bottom view of the pommel end of the saddle shown in Fig. 7; and Fig. 9 is a cross-section on line 9 9, Fig. 7 looking in the direction of arrow d, same figure. The spring, holding-block, and adjusting-screw shown in Fig. 8 are not shown.

In the accompanying drawings, 1 is the sadthe saddle.

Serial No. 601,998. (No model.)

dle-spring, which in this instance is made out of one piece of wire and consists of two substantially parallel portions, the front ends of which are disconnected and extend into and are secured to a block 2, supported on an adj usting-screw 3, the front end of which extends into and turns in a hole in a transverse plate 1 and in a hole in the front end of the band or loop 5, forming the pommel end of A screw 6 holds the screw 3 after it is adjusted.

The rear end of the spring 1 is formed by a transverse bend in the wire which forms oppositely-extending eyes for screws 7, by which the rear end of the spring is attached to the under side of the cantle-plate 8, preferably made of wood and of the shape shown. The spring 1 and the cantle-plate 8, above described, are of the same construction as shown and described in mypending application, Serial No. 581,445, filed March 2, 1896.

The pommel end of the saddle, as above stated, is formed of a band or strip, preferably of meta1,'and bent in the form of a loop 5,

and to each end 5 of the rearwardly-exteud ing arms of said loop 5 is secured a ring or link 9, in this instance by inserting the end 5 through the link and bending it back upon itself and riveting it to the main portion of the'loop 5 by a rivet 5". A transverse band 10 is also secured to the links 9, in this instance by inserting the ends of the band through the links and bending them around the rear ends of said links, as shown.

- The top and bottom edge of the band 10 is preferably provided with a lip or flange 10, which extends out, as shown in Fig. 6, and forms a groove or depression in the front side of' the band 10 to receive the strips 11 of leather or other material which are passed through horizontal openings in the cantleplate 8 and over the top of said plate and around the transverse plate 10 to form a laced saddle-seat with a central longitudinal opening, as shown in Fig. 3. The top edge of the band 10 is downwardly grooved or recessed in line with the opening 12'.. (See Fig. By adjusting the screw 3 the tension on the strips 11 may be varied as desired.

In connection with the saddle above de-.

scribed I preferably use a cover or top 12, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 4, made of leather, with a felt lining 12, and secured to the cantle-plate S by lacing 13 or otherwise. There is a central longitudinal opening 12" in the cover 12.

The cover or top 12 (shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 4.) extends over the rear portion of the saddle-seat, while around the pommel end of the saddle a strip 1% of leather or other suitable material folded over at its middle portion and preferably stuffed with hair 14' or other material to make a cushion-surface is secured at its lower edge upon the outside of the loop 5 by rivets 15 or otherwise to extend above the loop 5, as shown in Fig. 1. By this construction a central longitudinal opening in the saddle is obtained for nearly the full length of the saddle, and the transverse band 10 is grooved or depressed on its top edge, (see Fig. 5,) so as not to come in contact with the rider.

In Figs. 7, 8, and 9 is shown a modified construction of the cover or top shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 4. The cover or top 16 shown in said Figs. 7, S, and 9 is made in one piece and extends the full length of the saddle, and

the front or pommel end of the cover 16 is depressed longitudinally, as at 17, in line with the central opening 18 to form two ridges or raised portions 19 above the metal loop 5, and hair or stuffing 20 is placed between the cover or top 16 and the felt lining 21 on the under side of the seat (see Fig. 9) to furnish a cushionsurface at the pommel end of the saddle. The stuffing 20 is held in place by stitching 22 (see Fig. 9) or otherwise.

It will be understood that the details of construction of some of the parts of my saddle above described and shown in the drawings may be varied, if desired, and any form of spring may be used, and the top or cover 12 may be dispensed with, the strips 11 forming the seat for the rider.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A bicycle-saddle comprising a cant leplate at the rear of the saddle, a band or loop at the pommel end of the saddle, a spring intermediate said cantle-plate and loop, and strips of leather or lacing extending from the cantle-plate and connected with the rearwardly-extending arms of the loop at the pommel end, substantially as shown and described.

2. A bicycle-saddle comprising a cantleplate at the rear of the saddle, aband or loop at the pommel'end of the saddle, and a cushion-surface extending above said loop, a spring intermediate said cantle-plate and loop, and strips of leather or lacing extending from the cantle-plate and connected with the rearwardly-extending arms of the loop at the pommel end, and a top or cover extending over the lacing, with a central longitudinal the cantle-plate to and around a transverse plate connected with the rearwardly-extending arms of the loop at the pommel end of the saddle, and forming a central longitudinal opening in the saddle, substantially as shown and described.

4. A bicycle-saddle, comprising a cantleplate at the rear of the saddle, a band or loop at the pommel end of the saddle, a spring intermediate said cantle-plate and loop, and strips of leather or lacing extending from the cantle-plate to and around a transverse plate connected with the rearwardly extending arms of the loop at the pommel end, and a top or cover extending over the saddle, with a central longitudinal opening therein, and a cushion-surface extending around the pommel end of the saddle, substantially as shown and described.

5. In a bicycle-saddle, the combination with the cantle-plate, and a band or loop at the pommel end of the saddle, and a ring or link secured to each of the rearwardly-extending arms of the loop, and a transverse band extending between and secured to said links, of strips of leather or lacing extending from the cantle-plate around said transverse band, and forming a central longitudinal opening in the saddle, substantially as shown and described.

(3. In abicycle-saddle,the combination with the cantle-plate, and a band or loop at the pommel end of the saddle, and a ring or link secured to each of the rearwardly-extending arms of the loop, and a transverse band extending between and secured to said links, with its upper edge grooved or recessed, of strips of leather or lacing extending from the cantle-plate around said transverse band, and a spring secured at one end to the cantleplate, and at its other end to ablock mounted on an adjusting-screw supported at its end in the band at the pommel end of the saddle, substantially as shown and described.

7. In a bicycle-saddle,the combination with the cantle-plate, and a band or loop at the pommel end of the saddle, and a ring or link secured to each of the rearwardly-extending arms of the loop, and atransverse band extending between and secured to said links, of strips of leather or lacing extending from the cantle-plate around said transverse band, and a cushion-surface extending around the pommel end of the saddle, above the metal band, substantially as shown and described.

8. A bicycle-saddle, comprising a cantleplate at the rear of the saddle, a band or loop of the saddle, said transverse plate having its at the pommel end of the saddle, a spring inupper edge curved downwardly or recessed, termediate said cantle-plate and loop, and substantially as shown and described.

strips of leather or lacing extending from the J. A. HUNT. cantle-plate t0 and around a transverse plate Witnesses: or device, connected with the rearwardly-ex- J. O. DEWEY,

tending arms of the loop at the pommel end M. J. GALVIN. 

